To the editor: Democrats should stand robust within the ongoing negotiations over funding for the Division of Homeland Safety, together with ICE (“Democrats demand ‘dramatic modifications’ for ICE relating to masks, cameras, judicial warrants,” Feb. 4). They should use these negotiations to guard the American individuals’s constitutional rights to protest (1st Modification) and be safe of their houses (4th Modification). That Republicans and the administration need DHS funding so badly means Democrats are in a powerful place to not enable them so as to add voting restrictions into the combination.
The FBI raid on the Fulton County, Ga., voting places of work, though indirectly associated, reveals how essential it’s for Democrats to make use of each piece of leverage they’ve, just like the DHS funding negotiation, to guard Individuals’ rights.
Jeff Warner, Koreatown
